AMCA EKG MANUALS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The most accurate way to measure heart rate is: - ✔✔1500 method
✔✔The electrocardiogram measures - ✔✔the heart's electrical activity
✔✔The electrocardiograph can do all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔determine perfusion
status of the patient
✔✔The limb leads are obtained by placing electrodes on the - ✔✔right arm, left arm and
left leg
✔✔R-on-T PVC: - ✔✔Occurs on or near the T wave of the previous beat
✔✔The normal QRS complex: - ✔✔Has a duration of 0.06 to 0.12 seconds
✔✔A flat line going across the screen is known as: - ✔✔Asystole
✔✔ Gastro means - ✔✔stomach
✔✔Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called - ✔✔oscilloscope
✔✔The breastbone is referred to as - ✔✔sternum
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart? - ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
✔✔The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and
valves is known as - ✔✔echocardiography
✔✔Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs? -
✔✔Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
✔✔Automaticity means - ✔✔The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for
outside stimulation
✔✔ventricular depolarization - ✔✔QRS
✔✔Contraction or Systole of the
cardiac muscle - ✔✔Depolarzaon
, ✔✔Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle - ✔✔Repolarization
✔✔Atrial depolarization - ✔✔P wave
✔✔Ventricular repolarization - ✔✔T
✔✔Two PVCs in a row - ✔✔couplet
✔✔Atrial fibrillation has - ✔✔no P-waves
✔✔On an ECG horizontal lines measure - ✔✔heart rate
✔✔Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔The PR interval gets progressively longer in - ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
✔✔Touching a person's body without their consent - ✔✔battery
✔✔An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - ✔✔20-40 bpm
✔✔Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working? -
✔✔Evaluation
✔✔Which of the following marks the ECG paper? - ✔✔Stylus
✔✔The normal standardization mark should be how high? - ✔✔10 mm
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
✔✔Making false statements orally - ✔✔slander
✔✔Before placing electrodes on the patient's body, interference may occur if there is a
lot of
hair covering their body and will need to be shaved. What should you do prior to
shaving
the patient? - ✔✔Ask the patient's permission before shaving them
✔✔Dysrhythmia means - ✔✔ECG rhythm differs from normal sinus rhythm
✔✔The contraction phase of the heartbeat is called - ✔✔Systole
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The most accurate way to measure heart rate is: - ✔✔1500 method
✔✔The electrocardiogram measures - ✔✔the heart's electrical activity
✔✔The electrocardiograph can do all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔determine perfusion
status of the patient
✔✔The limb leads are obtained by placing electrodes on the - ✔✔right arm, left arm and
left leg
✔✔R-on-T PVC: - ✔✔Occurs on or near the T wave of the previous beat
✔✔The normal QRS complex: - ✔✔Has a duration of 0.06 to 0.12 seconds
✔✔A flat line going across the screen is known as: - ✔✔Asystole
✔✔ Gastro means - ✔✔stomach
✔✔Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called - ✔✔oscilloscope
✔✔The breastbone is referred to as - ✔✔sternum
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart? - ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
✔✔The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and
valves is known as - ✔✔echocardiography
✔✔Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs? -
✔✔Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
✔✔Automaticity means - ✔✔The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for
outside stimulation
✔✔ventricular depolarization - ✔✔QRS
✔✔Contraction or Systole of the
cardiac muscle - ✔✔Depolarzaon
, ✔✔Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle - ✔✔Repolarization
✔✔Atrial depolarization - ✔✔P wave
✔✔Ventricular repolarization - ✔✔T
✔✔Two PVCs in a row - ✔✔couplet
✔✔Atrial fibrillation has - ✔✔no P-waves
✔✔On an ECG horizontal lines measure - ✔✔heart rate
✔✔Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔The PR interval gets progressively longer in - ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
✔✔Touching a person's body without their consent - ✔✔battery
✔✔An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - ✔✔20-40 bpm
✔✔Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working? -
✔✔Evaluation
✔✔Which of the following marks the ECG paper? - ✔✔Stylus
✔✔The normal standardization mark should be how high? - ✔✔10 mm
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
✔✔Making false statements orally - ✔✔slander
✔✔Before placing electrodes on the patient's body, interference may occur if there is a
lot of
hair covering their body and will need to be shaved. What should you do prior to
shaving
the patient? - ✔✔Ask the patient's permission before shaving them
✔✔Dysrhythmia means - ✔✔ECG rhythm differs from normal sinus rhythm
✔✔The contraction phase of the heartbeat is called - ✔✔Systole
